Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-15
LAB0RERS DEBATE <!
SECOND DAYS SESSION OF, THE
 FEDERATION OF LABOR.

SECONO OAY'S oEoStON UT IHG
 FEDERATION OF LABOR.
 @2, 100 a Year-A Remarkable Showing in Economical Management-Listenin to an Advocate of Arbitration.
 BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-When the treas urers report was presented to the conven- tion of tue American Federation of Labor yesterday morning, it showed that the total expenses for the Federation for the past year were $2, 100.34. This included the presidents salary and travelling expenses, the pay and expenses of the executive council, the post age, stationery and incidental expenses of the main office, and the cost of printing The Union Advocate, tbe organ of the Fedora tion. The presidents salary is $1 ,OO0, and $1, 100 34 covers everything else It was not found necessary to collect the half cent @ month dues from each member provided for by the constitution. An assessment of one cent a member each year will more than pay all the expenses of the federation and leave n good surplus in the treasury. Owing to the economy of the officers, the federation has surplus now. It is proposed to abolish the six cents TOT member annual dues, and
 
 to the strengthening of the unions to which the me embers belong, and to increasing tho reserv. in their treasuries. Tho federation intends to join with the trade unions and like or- :.nizations of England and the Conti- nent ii forming an International Brother hood of Labor.
 A lc:t'r was read from Henry Broadhurst, secretary of the parliamentary committee of the National Trades Conference of Great Britain, containing greeting from the labor organizations of England, and inviting the Federation to send delegates to the next con- ventioI of English trades unions in Novem- Der, 1SSS.
 A mass of other communications was re- ceived. One of them was from the Organi- zat:on of Russian Americans, asking the Federation to condemn the extradition treaty with Russia. The treaty was called "new fugitive slave law"
 The Brewers national committee sent a letter asking the Federation to boycott all beer made ill Milwaukee until the boss brew CTS there cease their efforts to break up the local brewers union. There is a lockout in many of the Milwaukee breweries, and it is charged that the brewers are importing nom union workmen from the east.
 The morning session was secret There was long debate over the reception of dele
  New York. This body is made up of shoe makers who refused to go out a year ago in the shoemakers' strike. After long debate it was decided to refuse admission to their delegates because they had not stuck by their organization. Several charters were granted to other applicants.
 After discussing the boycott placed by the Knights of Labor on the New York Sun, which was vigorously denounced by the con- vention, President Gompers introduced w. B. Cremer, a member of the British parla- ment and of the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners of England. Mr. Cremer said that there were twelve members of the Eng fish parliament who were transferred from the forge, ths shop and the mine to the forum. He was surprised that ill America, where the suffrage was more universal than in England, so few workingmen were in con- gress-fewer even than in parliament. He had expected to find a hundred laborne men in congress. and there were hardly any. Why this was SO he did not know, and he was unable to find out. A universal and perma- nent peace would do more for the working men than any other class of people, and it was the workingmen who were shot and who paid the expenses of shooting each other.
 President Gompers coincided with Mir. Cremer, and said that there was no reason why workingmen should be targets for each others bullets, when wars were not for them or of any importance to them. He believed in 1.-the federation of the world and br other- hood of men,"
 Among the other resolutions offered were these: Conforming mayors of cities who prohibit the holding of public meetings by workingmen; demanding that eight hours should constitute a day's work; that law should be passed prohibiting speculation in coal lands, and recognizing the yellow label of the umbrella, pipe, and cane makers.
 Proposed amendments to the constitution were also offered. They were all referred to committees.
 At tho rate the convention is doing it's business now it will not be through before Sunday.